Dear community members,

I would like to welcome everyone to the year 2008.  On behalf of the entire committee, I would like to thank everyone for their continued support. We hope that this year can be as good as last year, if not better. 

Last year we had many successful events including Drama, Flag Ceremony, Navratri, Diwali and Vraj trip. We received great support from community. IAOGH proudly claim that it provided a platform to many diverse Indian cultures. We are thankful for getting support from entire Indian community. As Indian community is growing in Greater Hartford area, we need to spread our rich cultural heritage even more. Participation from community will also help teach next generation youth about our traditions, diversity, and culture. We are sure that our next generation will be proud of their ethnic Indian culture. And at the same time it will help spread our influence beyond Indian community. IAOGH can take pride to bring Indian community together and stronger in Greater Hartford area.

Our goal for this year is to get the community more involved.  We would like to hear the suggestions people have in order to make the events more enjoyable and successful, after all this is for the community.  Participation from the youth is strongly needed, since they are the backbone of our strength.  Therefore, there involvement is critical.  This year we would also like to give the opportunity to our future writers to send in articles to be printed in the Patrika.  We look forward to the upcoming events and let’s not forget that spring is just around the corner.

Thanking you sincerely,

Harish Pandya                         Atul Nayak                          Nilesh Dave (President)                              (Vice President)                  (Secretary)